MAYA

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Notes from Keith

MAYA

matrix tinkering

installing (linux)

mel

pythonmaya

particles

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TO GET A RENDERLAYER

listConnections renderLayerManager.renderLayerId

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MAYA-USEFULL SCRIPTS AND TIDBITS

env

Description Returns the names of the global variables currently declared in MEL.

TO SET NOTES

setAttr ( "CALLBACK1.notes") -type "string" "ddee";

TO GET NOTES

getAttr ($node+".notes");

To get the displayLayer for an object

connectionInfo -sfd CAVERTOP.drawOverride;

in script form

string $ls[] = `ls -sl`;
connectionInfo -sfd ($ls[0]+".drawOverride");

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SHADER STUFF

INTERNAL MAYA WORKINGS

Component level Shader Operations

selecting a face

select pCone1.f[0]

multiple faces

select pCone1.f[0:10]

Object Set Nodes

getAttr lambert3SG.dagSetMembers;

getAttr lambert3SG.dsm;

 

To select a face from a material

hyperShade -objects lambert1;

To get the material for a selected face:

$sel = `ls -flatten -sl`;

//this would be in a loop for each selected member

$setArray = `listSets -type 1 -ets -o $sel[0]`;

//alternatively for a mesh ( instead of a face ) use listSets -type 1 -object pSphereShape;

$shader = `connectionInfo -sfd ($setArray[0] + ".surfaceShader")`;

print $shader;